ECE 201: Linear Circuit Analysis I

Professor Peleato, Spring 2015

Course Information

• Instructor: Prof. Peleato
  • Email: bpeleato at purdue dot you know what
  • Office: MSEE 233C
  • Office hours: MW 10:20-12.
• Teaching Assistant: XXX
  • Email: XXX at purdue dot you know what
• Course Syllabus
• What past students are saying about this course

A bonus point opportunity

Students in ECE201-004 Spring 2015 have the opportunity to earn bonus points by creating exercises or lectures related to linear circuit analysis. These bonus points will not have a significant impact on your letter grade, but will help tilt the balance towards a higher grade if you are close to the threshold. Also, they could be the difference between an A and an A+. Keep in mind that quality is more important than quantity. The material must be original, created by you. Plagiarizing or simply copying lecture notes found on the internet will be considered cheating and will result in a significant lowering of your grade. Read Rhea's copyright policy before proceeding.

If you wish to post your material anonymously, please contact Prof. Mimi to get an anonymous login. Otherwise, you will be identifiable through your Purdue CAREER account, and thus you will NOT be anonymous

If you want to know how to edit Rhea and create your material, the easiest is to meet with Prof. Mimi and she will be happy to help you get started. Her office hours are posted here. You can also feel free to go ahead and start building your material using the Templates below. Go to the desired template, click "Edit this page" in the left hand menu, and COPY the template source code. DO NOT EDIT THE TEMPLATE DIRECTLY. Then, come back to this page and click the link "Create a child page" on the left hand menu. Include the string ECE201S15 in the name for the new page (remember the name that you chose, since you will need it to create the link later). You may now paste the source code and start editing the new page. Once you are done, make sure to post a link on this page to your newly created one. You can always find the pages that you have recently edited in the "User" menu above, under "Contributions".

Mathematical formulas are written in latex (see link below for examples). Circuits can be hand-drawn, scanned, and uploaded as images.

Resources

• Rhea's Collective Table of Formulas. Add your formulas now!
  • Ohm
• Cheat Sheet for Rhea Math
• Templates
  • Template for text practice problem
  • Template for video practice problem
  • Template for text slecture
  • Template for video slecture

Suggested topics

Feel free to create your own

Suggested topics (lectures):

• Voltage and current
  • Version 1, from a mechanics perspective
  • Version 2, from a fluids perspective
• Ohm, power, and sign conventions
• KVL, KCL, current and voltage division
• Nodal Analysis
• Mesh/Loop Analysis
• Superposition and Linearity
• Thevenin and Norton
• Inductors
• Capacitors
• First order circuits: step response
• Response classification
• Second order circuits (source free)
• Second order circuits (constant input)
• Operational Amplifier
• First order circuits with op-amps
• Phasors
• SSS analysis
• Frequency response (filters)
• Complex power
• Power factor improvement and maximum power transfer

Suggested topics (supplemental):

• The physics behind linear circuits
• Complex number review
• Parallelism between SSS and resistive networks
• Applications in the real world

Exercises (Practice Problem):

• Sign conventions in a loop
• Combining resistors
• Resistor ladder
• Discharging capacitor
• Oscillator with different initial conditions
• Etc (feel free to create your own problem title)

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